We need the rain – the grass by the studio is still bald in places…but the wonderful September evenings have been a joy.
As autumn sets in (slightly) thoughts turn to other things. It is a time for trying something new, or returning to old pleasures. If you haven’t painted for ages, you are a bit uncertain, or you just want a fresh take on what to do next come and join this bi-weekly class.
Sept 27th, October 25th, November 8th, 22nd, December 6th
£60 for whole day (£275 for 5)
Ramshill, Easton Common Hill, East Winterslow
10am – 4.00 pm
This will be a relaxed day with a different theme to each class including mark making, cloth, glass, reflective surfaces, shape and tone – normal stuff. You can work in any media.
The guiding ethos will be about making your work exciting, and interesting.
It hope this will become a regular fixture on alternate Thursdays. They will be full day sessions. There is a limited amount of space so there will be a max of 6 per class.
Drawing classes go from strength to strength. Whatever monstrous Still Life is offered to the classes EVERYONE steps up to the mark. Very good work yesterday.
Sadly, I forgot to take photos of the afternoon’s class (apologies)…every bit as varied, and every bit as interesting.
Still Life Drawing
Wednesday 20 September
10.30am – 4.30pm £45
‘Time and tide wait for no man’… a look at the passage of time through a still life.
In an age where it is possible to video your cat in real time on the other side of the world, how do you approach the classical discipline of a Still Life? You can take a photo with the click of a button so what more can you bring to the picture? Can you do something with a drawing that is about the passage of time rather than a snapshot? Maybe add things that are not there, or colours that express your feelings about the objects in a new way.
This is a thoughtful approach to the content of a drawing.
For more information and to book please go directly to Rum’s Eg
Super-sized Autumn Fruits and Leaves
charcoal and mixed media
Sunday, 10th October, 10am – 5pm,
at Lockerley Hall
This is a Fundraiser special for Rum’s Eg.
The day costs £85 and includes refreshments, and a delicious lunch.
If your drawings are always the same size and in the same media it can get a bit boring.
This is a chance for you to expand your horizons and make huge drawings of autumnal vegetation from the Lockerley Estate.
The size of the drawing offers its own problems such as stamina to fill a large area, but this size also lends an importance to the work. It doesn’t matter if you are a beginner, or have never drawn larger than A4, before you know it you will be stretching through an aerobic workout, reaching areas of paper you hadn’t contemplated before.
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One Morning, One Pose: Life Drawing
Wednesday 15 November
10.30am – 1pm
£45
One model holding the same pose for an entire morning giving you the rare chance to really study the body and work on a long drawing. You will look at different elements of drawing including measuring, mark making and tone.
February has a number of art classes on offer at a variety of venues. Don’t let the weather get you down.
Contact me for more information, Kate Measham
Jan 25th (three Wednesday evenings in a row)
Oil painting for beginners a 3 day crash course at the Yurt
Riverside Yurt Cafe – winter quarters
6.00pm-9.00pm evening
£45/evening (or £120/3 if you pay in advance)
Beginners
The world of oil painting is vast, exciting and relatively straight forward. Once you learn the basic methods you will be able to tackle anything. I will introduce you to painting in oils using charcoal drawing. This helps you to get to grips with tone, mark making and various other techniques.
If you have had little, or no experience of painting in oils this is the class for you. Basic principles will be introduced and reinforced. As with all things, practice makes painting easier.
Oil painting for beginners also on – 1st Feb and Feb 6th
Monday 6th February
River Test, Source to Sea; a Journey
Laverstock Mill, home to Bombay Sapphire Gin.
Day two of our journey is at Laverstock, by the Bombay Sapphire Gin Distillery. If you are not able to visit all the sites along the Test with us do not worry. You can join for one off trips, keep up with photos on Facebook and at #rivertestsourcetosea on Instagram.
Contact me for more information, Kate Measham
£25/day plus entrance fee 10.30am – 4.00pm
Meet in the car park at 10.30am There is a coffee and snack van on site. We can park and enjoy the view for free but if you want to go into the buildings, see the Thomas Heatherwick greenhouse and the distillery then you need to pay an entrance fee. I would recommend the visit.
Feb 13th
Life Drawing, Rip it up and start again
Wherwell Studios
6.00pm-9.00pm evening
£45/evening (or £80/2 if you pay in advance)
Intermediate
This class is slightly in the spirit of ‘let’s NOT make boring pictures’. This will be life drawing and life collage (a new art school discipline?) I like to take the anxiety out of the studio and introduce a sense of playfulness and adventure.
In this class you will recycle and reuse your own marks, tones and textures, and introduce others from outside sources. Once you have tried this technique you will have a fresh approach to drawing.
Feb 14th (St Valentine’s Day)
Life Drawing, Chocolate Cake, Happiness
Instead of sitting at home, or eating at an overpriced restaurant (talking in hushed tones) join us for St Valentine’s Day, eat cake and draw. If you know someone who has not tried life drawing before, bring them along.
Materials will be provided. Suitable for all standards.
Beat the cold, the wet and the snow; revisit your painting skills
There are two classes coming up for those of you who have done some oil painting recently, or ages ago, and just want a bit of a reminder about how it all works.
Wednesday 18th January, 9.30 am – 1.00pm
Monday 20th February, 9.30 am – 1.00pm
Wherwell Studio
£40/morning
Suitable for all who have done an introductory course, or are just a bit rusty…
You will be taken through the equipment and basic methods with a few exercises along the way. It will all come back to you; a chance to practise all those things you have learnt in classes. There will be a Still life set up and a reminder about the process of painting in oils. Bring whatever equipment you have and I will have some extras to fill the gaps.
Don’t shy away from oils because you haven’t used them for ages and you remember the whole thing as being complicated. This class will guide you through and remind you what a wonderful thing it is to paint with oil paints.
I thought I would have a look for some cold landscapes to encourage everyone to escape into a warm studio. This link had rather good pictures snowy landscapes
New Year’s Resolutions – who’d have them? How do you make sure they last beyond January 3rd? In my household we are busy with plans and resolutions with varying degrees of probable success. Here are some Measham thoughts – going to more exhibitions, being a bit tidier, less chocolate (yeah yeah) and some of us want to be more rigorous about painting and drawing EVERY DAY.
So many plans. Good.
‘Keep busy, keep trying new things, and learning new skills, join groups of people doing things they enjoy doing’
The Mantra for 2017 (no mention of chocolate)
We have lots of classes on offer. Some are one off chances to try something new, others are like putting on something comfortable. There are some short courses and some things that will last all year. As the year goes on new classes will be offered so keep an eye on the website.
There are classes at Wherwell Priory Studio, the Riverside Yurt Café (and its winter quarters) and at Rum’s Eg in Romsey.
For more information about times, costs etc click this link:
The River Test will be the subject of a year long investigation, (The River Test, Source to Sea, A Journey) and there will be a weekly instagram drawing for anyone to join.
January classes are as follows:
Monday, 9th Jan, Seeds, Shells, Stones and Skulls, at Wherwell Priory
Wednesday, 11th Jan, River Test, Source to Sea, a Journey, at Overton
Sunday, 15th Jan, Size Matters, at Rum’s Eg, Romsey
Other classes to look out for – more information soon:
Upcycle Dolls and Stuffed Toys. Give new life to old toys (yours, a loved one’s, or from a charity shop) Turn them into monsters, fantastic creatures, or something altogether more avant-garde. This is not designed as a dolls hospital; more Frankenstein revisited with plastic surgery.
Time; Ephemeral, Past and Present. A photo can capture a moment but how can we approach time passing, and time passed?
Russian Doll Painting. Mess with tradition. Instead of a Matryoshka with head scarf and flowery pinafore create a nest of dolls with a story, maybe a family history, your own hidden characteristics, secrets and aspirations. Or animals, bugs, skeletons, muscles, or your last three meals…endless possibilities.
Please contact me if you would like more information, or to book onto a course:
In 2017 there are a variety of courses on offer to appeal to many different interests. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Vouchers are available for classes as presents for Birthdays, Christmas or any other occasion.
Start the year with a return to the natural environment. NO BLING, no tinsel, no presents, no washing up, but all of life in a Still Life. There will be a number of different seeds and seed heads, exotic, large and small shells, stones collected locally and from beaches far and wide, and a selection of skulls.
The aim is to examine the variety of texture, tone, shape and subtle colour in these natural objects. This is a no pressure morning; you can paint or draw (I will help if anyone wants assistance).
The River Test, Source to Sea, a year’s journey
Once a month, different venues
One day at a time
£25/day (plus entrance fees where necessary, but nearly all in public spaces)
Suitable for all
I have spent many years living near the Test, or in the Test valley itself. In 2017 I want to record different parts of the river, and different seasons, and to capture something of the way a river changes over its journey. This is something I want to do and invite anyone who is interested to join me along the way.
We will start near the source of the Test and the end of year will be down stream at Testwood Nature Reserve where the river is tidal. It may be cold and wet occasionally, but that is part of the story. There are many warming pubs along the way if we are overwhelmed by weather.
The River Test, Source to Sea, a year’s journey – dates
January 11th, February 6th, March 6th,
April 3rd, May 8th, June 7th, July 12th,
August 9th, September 11th, October 11th,
November 8th, and December 6th
January 18th,
Just painting – Oils – a reminder…
9.30am – 1.00pm
Wherwell Studio
£40/morning
Suitable for all who have done an introductory course
A chance to practise all those things you have learnt in classes. There will be a Still life set up and a reminder about the process of painting in oils. Don’t shy away from oils because you haven’t used them for ages and you remember the whole thing as being complicated. This class will guide you through and remind you what a wonderful thing it is to paint with oil paints.
Jan 25th
Oil painting for beginners a 3 day crash course at the Yurt
Riverside Yurt Cafe
6.00pm-9.00pm evening
£45/evening (or £120/3 if you pay in advance)
Beginners
The world of oil painting is vast, exciting and relatively straight forward. Once you learn the basic methods you will be able to tackle anything. I will introduce you to painting in oils using charcoal drawing. This helps you to get to grips with tone, mark making and various other techniques.
If you have had little, or no experience of painting in oils this is the class for you. Basic principles will be introduced and reinforced. As with all things, practice makes painting easier.
Oil painting for beginners also on – 1st Feb and Feb 6th
Feb 13th
Life Drawing, Rip it up and start again
Wherwell Studios
6.00pm-9.00pm evening
£45/evening (or £80/2 if you pay in advance)
Intermediate
This class is slightly in the spirit of ‘let’s NOT make boring pictures’. This will be life drawing and life collage (a new art school discipline?) I like to take the anxiety out of the studio and introduce a sense of playfulness and adventure.
In this class you will recycle and reuse your own marks, tones and textures, and introduce others from outside sources. Once you have tried this technique you will have a fresh approach to drawing.
Feb 20th mon
Just painting – Oils – a reminder…
9.30am – 1.00pm
Wherwell Studio
£40/morning
Suitable for all who have done an introductory course
A chance to practise all those things you have learnt in classes. There will be a Still life set up and a reminder about the process of painting in oils. Don’t shy away from oils because you haven’t used them for ages and you remember the whole thing as being complicated. This class will guide you through and remind you what a wonderful thing it is to paint with oil paints.
February 22nd
Experimental Drawing– exploring the senses.
9.30am – 1.00pm
Wherwell Studio
£40/morning
Intermediate
Art is a creative subject, but the hardest leap seems to from what you can see to what you have to imagine when you can’t see.
In this drawing class will look at translating, smell, touch, hearing, taste and memory into a visual format. Rhythm, colour, mark making will all be called upon to extend your visual vocabulary into the unknown. What does the inside of your mouth feel like? Can you draw the sharp, salty tang of stilton? How would you portray the feelings evoked by a song sung in a language you don’t recognise? These are hard steps to take, and there is no right or wrong answer, but no reason not to try.
Mar 20th mon
The luck of the draw
Riverside Yurt Cafe
6.00pm-9.00pm evening
£45/evening
More information to come.
May 8th
The River Test, Source to Sea, a year’s journey
Half way through the journey, show and tell at the prizewinning Riverside Yurt Café
May 17th
See and be Seen, Beyond the Selfie
Self Portraits now.
Riverside Yurt Cafe
9.30am-4.00pm
£85, light lunch and materials included
Suitable for all
Everyone thinks they know what they look like – selfies are everywhere – but take another look. On this course you will investigate different ways of drawing yourselves, and each other.
Through the day you will be drawing, using colour and modelling with clay (more than a chance you will get messy). We will provide the materials needed for the day if you bring smallish mirrors for everyone doing the workshop. It will involve paint and clay so wear appropriate clothes.
There will be a lunch provided using the same fine ingredients sourced for the café.
May 31st
How would the Fauves do it?
Riverside Yurt Cafe
9.30am-4.00pm
£85, light lunch and materials included
Suitable for all
The Fauves were a group of French painters prominent from 1905, including Matisse, Vlaminck, and Derain, characterized by the use of bright colours and simplified forms.
You will be interpreting the landscape by the river and yurt, embracing the Fauves use of colour. Suggested materials would be bright inks, watercolour dyes, acrylics –basically anything bright and quick drying.
One of the principal genres (subject types) of Western art – essentially, the subject matter of a still life painting or sculpture is anything that does not move or is dead. Tate website
The Still Life is a place to play with ideas, experiment with materials, try new compositions, most importantly, to take your work forward. Still life gives the artist more freedom in the arrangement of elements within a composition than do paintings of any other types of subjects.
There are a few classes left this term to try new things, play with old ones and to put your own stamp on the genre.
Each class is £45/ea, or £120 for 3. Please contact kate@artdrawpaint.com for more information.
Cezanne does Still Life
15th November, 9.30am – 12.45pm
Cezanne found in Still Life a vehicle for his revolutionary explorations in geometric spatial organization. For Cézanne, still life was a primary means of taking painting away from an illustrative or mimetic function to one demonstrating the elements of color, form, and line – a major step towards Abstract art.
You will look at Cezanne’s Still Life, with a fresh version in the studio, learn from his approach and bend it to your will.
Colour as it Isn’t
22nd November, 9.30am – 12.45pm
Today is all about colour; why stick with a dull copy of the objects in front of you when you can do so much more? You will be playing with the idea of restricted palettes and full on, full blast, sock-it-to-the-Fauves bright and wild palette. See what suits you.
Throw Everything at It
29th November, 9.30am – 12.45pm
Rather a clumsy title but gives some indication of the mixed media, multi media approach of contemporary practise. During the 20th and 21st century, the notion of the still life has been extended beyond the traditional two dimensional art forms of painting into video art and three dimensional art forms such as sculpture, performance and installation. Some mixed media still-life works employ found objects, photography, video, and sound, and even spill out from ceiling to floor and fill an entire room in a gallery.
You will be restricted by the size of the studio otherwise let your imagination run wild – something akin to Blue Peter on a sugar rush (?).
I saw an enthusiastic review of this exhibition and hope to get to see it before it closes.
Poole Museum
Poole Museum Service
4 High St, Poole, Dorset, BH15 1BW
Saturday 3 September – Sunday 6 November 2016
Open daily: 10am – 5pm
Lines of thought
Drawing from Michelangelo to now
Saturday 3 September – Sunday 6 November 2016
FREE
Poole Museum is delighted to be hosting an exhibition of drawings from the British Museum, home to one of the world’s greatest graphic collections. Lines of thought: Drawing from Michelangelo to now explores the importance of drawing as one of the most effective mediums for expressing and representing an artist’s ideas. The exhibition showcases selected drawings from masters such as Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo right up to artists working in the present day.
This exhibition will tour to just three UK locations, Poole, Hull and Belfast before travelling internationally. It aims to encourage art students and art lovers to engage with and learn to draw from their local and national drawing collections.
Remember to bring your sketchbook or ask at the museum for drawing materials to have a go at being inspired by the masters! or if you are between 6 and 18 years old why not take part in our drawing competition, Junior Poole Open.
Generously supported by the Bridget Riley Art Foundation.
Image: Rembrandt (Black chalk and charcoal on paper, an Asian elephant c.1637)
This ten week course takes you from absolute beginner to being competent, confident, and independently able to use oil paints. You will start each day developing drawing skills that underpin many methods of painting. You will learn about tone, mark making, colour, some aspects of composition, and the different materials used to paint with oils.
19th September can be treated as a taster day to see if the course is right for you. This will cost £40 refundable against the rest of the course.
Some materials are provided, but over the duration of the course you will be advised about what you need to get started. I don’t want to burden you with a huge expense before you have started.
The idea of this course is to have a look at a number of different creative approaches and apply these ideas to a Still Life.
Some of the things you will be looking at are: narrative paintings, size and composition, Cezanne’s approach to still life, strange compositions, playing with colour, found supports, repetition and deviation, making the everyday ‘special’ and making it personal. You will be encouraged to try fresh methods of doing things, and to play with new ideas.
It does not matter what materials you wish to use, these classes are about exposing you to different ideas. I will help you with any practical problems should they arise, so don’t let inexperience put you off. These classes should help you to find what you want to paint, and how you wish to do it.
20th September can be treated as a taster day to see if the course is right for you. This will cost £40 refundable against the rest of the course.
This class is appropriate for anyone, what ever materials they wish to use. I will provide paper and charcoal for initial exercises. Other materials are up to you.
We have lots of classes on offer. Some are one off chances to try something new, others are like putting on something comfortable. There are some short courses and some things that will last all year. As the year goes on new classes will be offered so keep an eye on the website.
